# खोर
## Hindi
### Etymology

From Prakrit *khōra- (“cavity, hollow”), of unknown further origin.
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Prakrit [script needed] (*khōll-, “to open”) (whence Hindi खोलना (kholnā, “to open”) and Sanskrit खोलि (kholi, “quiver”) seem to have similar phonetics, as well as semantic connotations of "hollow opening". Perhaps they're related? The phonetic variation of *khōla and its relatives (such as *khōra) suggests a borrowing from a local language like Dravidian or Munda.”

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kʰoːɾ/

### Noun

खोर • (khor) f
* a hollowed-out place, a cavern, a (sunken) lane or alley

#### Declension
### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खोर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*khōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Dravidian or Munda, due to wide phonetic variation in the word's relatives; compare Kota (India) குண்ட் (kuṇṭ, “to limp, be lame”). Alternative theories that attempt to link the word to terms in other Indo-European branches, such as to Polish kulawy (“lame, limping”) and Latin claudus (“limping, halting”) are to be rejected due to the word's relatives suggesting that the original form contained a retroflex consonant.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kʰɐw.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkʰoː.ɾɐ/
* Hyphenation: खो‧र

### Adjective

खोर • (khora) stem
* limping, lame

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Dameli: khúṭa
** Gawar-Bati: کھُٹَ (khuṭa)
** Kalasha: khū́ṭa
** Kashmiri: کھۆٹھ (khoṭh)
** Khowar: کھٹ (khuṭu)
** Pashayi:
*** Northeast Pashayi: xuṭo
**** → Parachi: kuṭṭȫ
*** Northwest Pashayi: kuṭá
** Phalura: کھٹ (khuṭu)
** Shina: کھُڑُ (khŭṛŭ), کھُوڑُ (khūṛŭ), کھُڑو (khuṛo)
** Shumashti: xuṭa
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Ashkun: kuṭä
*** Kamkata-viri: kuṭë́
*** Waigali: kuṭə
* Prakrit: 𑀔𑁄𑀟 (khoḍa)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: khõṛā
***** Hindi: खोँड़ा
***** Urdu: کھوںڑَا (khõṛā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** ⇒ Assamese: খোৰাইব (khüraibo)
**** Bengali: খোঁড়া (khō̃ṛa), খুঁড়ি (khũṛi)
***** ⇒ Bengali: খুঁড়ান (khũṛan)
**** Odia: ଖୋଡ଼ (khoṛa)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Nepali: खोरन्डो (khoranḍo)
***** ⇒ Nepali: खुन्याबा (khunyābā)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: khoṇḍa
    Gurmukhi script: ਖੋਂਡਾ
    Shahmukhi script: کھوݨڈَ
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ކޮރު (koru)
**** Sinhalese: කොර (kora), කෙර (kera)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: खोड (khoḍ), खोडा (khoḍā), खुळा (khuḷā)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: ખોડું (khoḍũ)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “खोर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 341/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 456
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khora”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 209